{"id":2608,"date":"2007-02-17T16:50:39","date_gmt":"2007-02-17T16:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2007\/02\/some-fond-return-of-love-prayi\/"},"modified":"2007-02-17T16:50:39","modified_gmt":"2007-02-17T16:50:39","slug":"some-fond-return-of-love-prayi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2007\/02\/some-fond-return-of-love-prayi\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Fond Return of Love: Praying to Saint Gabriel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Novena to Saint Gabriel of the Addolorata<\/em>
\nFebruary 18 \u2014 27, 2007<\/strong>
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\nThe liturgical memorial of Saint Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother<\/a> falls quite suitably at the beginning of Lent on February 27th. I am very fond of Saint Gabriel. The affection I have for him goes back to my boyhood. The Passionist Fathers<\/a> often preached missions in my home parish. At some point I must have been given a popular life of Saint Gabriel written for young lads. If I remember rightly, it was called “Boy in a Hurry<\/a>.” (Terry N. would know, or Father Gregory O., or Father Martin F. They probably read it too.) On the morning of February 27, 1862, Saint Gabriel died of tuberculosis. He was twenty-fours years old; although a professed Passionist, he was not yet ordained a priest
\nIt occurred to me that some of the readers of Vultus Christi<\/em> might want to join me in making a novena to Saint Gabriel from February 18\u201427. Here are two possibilities. The first prayer is suitable for everyone, but especially for parents and grandparents who want to recommend their children and grandchildren to him. The second set of prayers (antiphon, reading, litany, and collect) is inspired by the liturgical texts for Saint Gabriel’s feast. Saint Gabriel is a wonderworker. There is no doubt about that. The miracles obtained through his intercession are too many to be counted.
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\nPrayer for the Novena to Saint Gabriel of the Addolorata<\/em><\/u>
\nO angelic young Gabriel,
\nwho, filled with burning love for Jesus Crucified
\nand with tender compassion for His Sorrowful Mother,
\ngave us an example of childlike simplicity
\nand purity of heart,
\nwe seek thy intercession with confidence.
\nThou knowest what dangers assail young people from every side.
\nThou knowest the treachery of the Evil One
\nwho seeks to lure them into the unhappiness of sin
\nand the darkness of a life without faith and without hope.
\nWatch over our children, we beseech thee;
\nask the Mother of God to keep them safe beneath her protecting mantle.
\nTo all young men and women show thyself a brother and a friend.
\nTrue devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary filled thy life with joy
\nand gave thee peace of heart at the hour of thy death;
\nteach us to love the Mother of Jesus as thou didst love her:
\nwith constancy, with tenderness, and with trust.
\nGlorious Saint Gabriel,
\nthou hast worked great miracles in the past,
\nmagnifying the Lord by the power of thy intercession.
\nIntercede for us now, we beseech thee,
\nand attend to the particular needs we lay before thee.
\nPray, dear Friend and Brother, that the sacred Passion of Christ
\nand the Sorrows of His Virgin Mother
\nmay be engraved in our hearts as they were in thine,
\nthat together with thee,
\nwe may praise the mercy of the Father,
\nand of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
\nfor ever and ever. Amen.
\nAnother Form for the Novena<\/u>:
\nLord, have mercy on us.
\nChrist, have mercy on us.
\nLord, have mercy on us.
\nSaint Gabriel, converted by the gaze of the Sorrowful Virgin, pray for us.
\nSaint Gabriel, true son of Saint Paul of the Cross, pray for us.
\nSaint Gabriel, drawn to the side of Jesus Crucified, pray for us.
\nSaint Gabriel, hidden in the sacred wounds of Christ, pray for us.
\nSaint Gabriel, zealous for the honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary, pray for us.
\nSaint Gabriel, tender in thy devotion to the Mother of Sorrows, pray for us.
\nSaint Gabriel, friend of all who seek to love Mary, pray for us.
\nSaint Gabriel, graced with the presence of Mary in life and at the hour of thy death, pray for us.
\nSaint Gabriel, lover of chastity, pray for us.
\nSaint Gabriel, childlike and humble, pray for us.
\nSaint Gabriel, faithful in little things, pray for us.
\nSaint Gabriel, glorious worker of miracles, pray for us.
\nV. How can a young man keep his way pure?
\nR. By guarding it according to Thy word.
\nLet us pray.
\nO Lord Jesus Christ, who didst teach the blessed Gabriel to dwell continually
\nupon Thy sweet Mother’s sorrows,
\nand through her didst exalt and glorify him by his miracles and holy life,
\ngrant us, by his intercession and example,
\nto share her tears of compassion
\nthat we may be healed and saved by her motherly protection.
\nThou who art God, living and reigning with God the Father,
\nin the unity of the Holy Spirit, for ever and ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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